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A 35-year-old man, Haruna Ali, on Tuesday sued his father-in-law, Adamu Mai-Takaima, at a Sharia Court sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna, over alleged abduction of his wife. The complainant told the court that his wife, Hadiza Haruna, had left her matrimonial home for her parent’s house without his permission. He alleged that for 11 months, his wife had been living with her parent under the guise of being ill. ”I want the court to assist me in getting back my wife and I promise to take care of whatever disease she is suffering from,” he pleaded. The defendant on his part had told the court that his daughter had suffered two miscarriages within 11 months, a situation that led to her contracting Vesico Virginal Festula (VVF). “My daughter came back home due to a miscarriage she had. She spent five months with me and her husband never showed up. “I personally took her back to her matrimonial home but I later heard that her condition had deteriorated as she couldn’t control her urine,” he ...

A middle-aged woman on Monday night sustained severe burns all over her body following a kerosene explosion that engulfed her apartment in Awada-obosi, Anambra State. The explosion was said to have completely raised down eight rooms service quarters of the apartment, located at No. 7 Dike Ezeagu street Ugwuagba, including that of the woman. The Nation gathered that the victim, Mrs Gift Oroke, was preparing dinner at about 10pm, after pouring alleged adulterated kerosene in her stove, when the explosion occurred, leaving her with varying degrees of burns. Confirming the incident, the State PPRO, Haruna Mohammed, said the victim was taken to St. Martins hospital, Ugwuagba, Awada for medical attention. He said sample of the kerosene was obtained for analysis, adding that the case was being investigated to ascertain the circumstances surrounding the incident. Mohammed adviced members of the public to always take necessary precautions when using kerosene and other combustible subst...

Following an order by the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo on the immediate overhaul of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS)  to address complaints and allegations on human rights violations against some of the personnel of the squad from members of the public in some parts of the country, the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris has announced a number of reforms in their operations. According to a statement on Tuesday, in Abuja by the Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood the IGP has appointed a new Commissioner of Police to oversee the affairs of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad nationwide. Idris also moved SARS from the Force Criminal Intelligence and Investigations Department (FCIID) to operate under the Department of Operations, Force Headquarters Abuja. The statement added that, “In observance of full compliance with the Presidential directives, the Federal Anti-Robbery Squad will be intelligence driven and will be restricted to the prevention and de...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has on Tuesday announced an extension in the deadline for the Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) exercise by two weeks. With the new development, the ongoing voters registration exercise which was due to elapse on Friday, 17th August will now end on Friday, 31st August 2018. The extension is coming on the heels of calls and meetings by several groups in the country for an extension of the deadline to enable more Nigerians particpate in the 2019 elections. The electoral body also announced the registration of 23 political associations as new political parties in the country, bringing the total number of parties to 91. The new parties registered are: 1. Advanced Alliance Party (AAP) 2. Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party (ANDP) 3. African Action Congress (AAC) 4. Alliance for a United Nigeria (AUN) 5. Alliance of Social Democrats (ASD) 6. Alliance National Party (ANP) 7. Allied People’s Movement (APM) 8. Alternative Party...

The national leader of the All Progressives It Congress, Bola Tinubu , on Tuesday , lambasted former President Olusegun Obasanjo over the recent letter of criticism he wrote to President Muhammadu Buhari , saying the ex -President had no right to dictate who the people should vote for in the 2019 presidential election . The former Lagos State governor , who said Obasanjo did his terms in office without being disturbed , urged him to face his poultry business in his Ota farm . Tinubu said if Obasanjo had laid a good foundation for the country when he was President , like he ( Tinubu ) did in Lagos State , Nigeria would not be in the mess that it was in . Tinubu spoke at the Lagos APC secretariat in Ogba on Tuesday during the party ’ s stakeholders ’ meeting . Present at the meeting were Governor Akinwunmi Ambode ; Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudasiru Obasa ; the Chairman of the Lagos State APC , Tunde Balogun , and other party stalwarts in Lagos . Tinubu , w...

The police say a suspected kidnapper who was arrested in a botched kidnap in Owo, Ondo state, has died following “complications from a high intake of tramadol”. According to NAN, Femi Joseph, spokesman of the state police command, disclosed this in Akure on Tuesday. Joseph said the suspect died at Owo General Hospital where medical personnel had battled to revive him. The suspect was said to have been unconscious since his arrest on August 5. “The suspect died nine days after we arrested him; we thought he would be revived so that he could help us in our investigation,” he said. “Unfortunately, he died yesterday (Monday). This could be connected with the high intake of tramadol which he took. “We are using this opportunity to further educate the public, especially parents, to monitor their wards and the kind of company they keep.” The suspect and his gang had allegedly invaded Chinery Pharmacy in Owo with the intention of kidnapping the pharmacist. The pharmacist, on sighting...

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday dismissed insinuations that he was desperate to emerge as president through the 2019 presidential election. Atiku said that despite claims by his critics that he was bent on becoming president, he was qualified to contest the presidential election and that he has the right ideas to address the challenges affecting the country. The Peoples Democratic Party presidential aspirant spoke during his visit to delegates of the Edo State chapter of the PDP to solicit their support ahead of the party’s primary in September. Atiku said, “What do you expect my critics to say? And there is nothing wrong in entering the race. I can run as many times as possible. “I am fit and qualified. I still have ideas that I believe are going to put this country on the right path. So, what is wrong in running? “I am not desperate. If I were desperate, I would have taken the Presidency in 2003. “If I were desperate, I would not have stepped down for (lat...